Description
"Set in 1791, during the first months of a slave revolt that would eventually lead to the creation of the black republic of Haiti in 1804, Bug-Jargal is a tale of interracial friendship and rivalry, an account of the ties that bind a young Frenchman to one of the rebel leaders and the tragic misunderstandings that threaten to sever those ties completely." This Broadview edition contains a critical introduction and a broad selection of appendices, including Hugo's never-before-translated 1820 short story "Bug-Jargal," contemporary reviews of the novel, documents pertaining to the young Hugo's poetics and politics, and selections from his source materials about the Haitian Revolution.
Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
160 pages
Language
French
Published
Nov 9, 2016
Publisher
Illustrations par Jean-Adolphe Beaucé Édouard Riou ; Adolphe Pannemaker, grav..
Editions
174 editions